73-Year-Old Marlborough Man Faces Voyeurism Charges

Used Hidden Bathroom Camera To Record Female Visitors At His Home, Police Say

MARLBOROUGH — A 73-year-old man has been charged with 132 counts of voyeurism for allegedly taping women using the bathroom of his home.

William Myers also is facing six counts of second-degree sexual assault for having intercourse with someone unable to consent — charges that stem from video police found of him engaged in sexual acts with his girlfriend, who has been diagnosed with dementia, according to a warrant for his arrest.

The warrant alleges that Myers used a camera hidden in a tissue box in the bathroom of the home he shares with his girlfriend to get video of women using the toilet, showering or changing.

The warrant lists 23 victims who were taped at various times over the past two and a half years.

State police were alerted to the situation in December by a woman who worked at the home 5 to 6 days a week taking care of Myers' girlfriend, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2006, according to the warrant. The worker told police that she searched the bathroom after Myers' made several "inappropriate comments" to her and a coworker, and found the camera turned on and pointed toward the toilet.

She photographed the disguised camera with her cellphone and showed the photos to state troopers, who then went to the house to investigate, the warrant states.

State police said they seized the camera and 11 Sandisk memory cards from the residence, nine of which contained video files.

Myers told police that he bought the camera in 2009 because he thought a cleaning lady working at the home was stealing money, according to the warrant. He said he first put the camera in the bathroom to record one of his girlfriend's caregivers, and several times after that would turn the camera on whenever he knew a woman was coming to the house.

Myers told state police he has had a problem with voyeurism since he was young and is glad he was caught before he began putting cameras in the bathrooms of local businesses, according to the warrant.

Myers turned himself in on Wednesday evening and was arraigned in Superior Court in Manchester Thursday.